boîte de nuit
\bwat də nɥi\
The verdict
“boîte de nuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Établissement de loisir où l’on va habituellement de nuit pour écouter de la musique et danser.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boîte de nuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwat də nɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boîte de nuit” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boîte de nuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwat də nɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établissement de loisir où l’on va habituellement de nuit pour écouter de la musique et danser.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for boîte de nuit, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is boîte de nuit, spelled B-O-Î-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Établissement de loisir où l’on va habituellement de nuit pour écouter de la musique et danser.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “boîte de nuit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-Î-T-E- -D-E- -N-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bwat də nɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.